2012 Presidential Campaign, Debates, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Weighing Perry Debate Claims

October 13, 2011 5:00 am by: Emily Donahue

State spending under Perry isn't up as much as one rival asserted. Photo by Ben Philpott for KUT NewsState spending under Perry isn't up as much as one rival asserted. Photo by Ben Philpott for KUT News

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Gov. Rick Perry took a few hits in the Republican presidential debate this week. KUT News’ Emily Donahue and Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas and the Austin American-Statesman fact-check the claims and counterclaims.

It’s also been repeated for years that Perry was a Texas leader of Gore’s campaign. We repeated that too, until we revisited Perry’s actual role this year and found no evidence — not a pinch — of Perry holding such a leadership role.

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